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Malaysian Capacity Development Network for Sustainable Water Management
Half Year Report for 2015
MyCDNet – Half Year Report 2015 i
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Network Management
2.1 Network Governance 1
2.2 MyCDNet Steering Committee Meetings 1
2.3 MyCDNet Members and Network Support 2
2.4 Website 2
3. Networking Activities
3.1 Workplan for 2015 2
3.2 SEA Water Footprint Training Course 5
3.3 Course on Cap-Net’s Monitoring, Evaluation,
and Learning Plan (MELP) for MyCDNet 6
4. Financial Report 8
5. Conclusion 10
6. Appendix A – MyCDNet Members
Prepared By: Checked & Edited By: Checked & Edited By: Verified & Approved By:
Ms Alicia Lim Dr Jamie Chong Ir Kamalesen Chandrasekaran
Dato’ Ir Lim Chow Hock
Temporary Network Assistant
Hon. Secretary Hon. Treasurer Network Manager
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1. Introduction
2015 started with the finalizing of MyCDNet’s independence from MyWP (Malaysian Water Partnership), allocation of core network support funds, and the signing of the Small Contracts between UNOPS and ASPEC GreenTech as MyCDNet’s Host Institution. MyCDNet kick-started the year with the first MELP Workshop facilitated by Mr. Lai Chee Hui, followed by the successful Water Footprint Course jointly organized by UNESCO IHP, MyWP, MyCDNet and WFN.
2. Network Management 2.1 Network Governance
The members elected to serve the term from 2014 to 2017 are as follows:
Designation Person Email address
Network Manager
Dato’ Ir. Lim Chow Hock [email protected]
Deputy Network Manager
Tuan Haji Md Khairi Selamat (Lembaga Urus Air Selangor)
Individual Members
Dr. Kalithasan Kailasam [email protected]
Hon. Secretary Dr. Jamie Chong [email protected]
Mr Kang Thean Shong [email protected]
Institutional Members
JPS Malaysia – Pn Paridah Anum [email protected]
Hon. Treasurer SKM Sdn Bhd – Ir Kamalesen Chandrasekaran
Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd – Ir. Zakariah Mohd Yassin & Cik Ruhaidah Md Hassan
[email protected] [email protected]
Advisors
Dr Low Kwai Sim [email protected]
Datin Zaharah Bt. Hj. Mahmud [email protected]
2.2 MyCDNet Steering Committee Meetings
Three Steering Committee (SC) Meetings were held in Q1-Q2 of 2015. The dates of the meetings were as follows:
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Date Meeting Description
22 January 2015
MyCDNet SC Meeting No. 4
The last meeting for 2014 postponed to January 2015 from December 2014. Dr. Zelina had excused herself from the SC due to work commitments. There was further discussion on MELP and the SCs agreed to a half-day MELP workshop.
21 April 2015 MyCDNet SC Meeting No. 1
The Workplan 2015 was reprioritized with the amount of funding from CapNet distributed accordingly. Brainstormed on ways to drive membership.
22 June 2015 MyCDNet SC Meeting No. 2
The Workplan 2015 implementation was discussed and the updates from each programme lead were reported. One of the programmes which will be held soon in August is the MELP Training based on CapNet’s update.
SC meetings are to be held once every three months. 2.3 MyCDNet Members and Network Support
MyCDNet has a total of 72 members to-date, with working email addresses where they can be reached. There is one new member in 2015. Appendix A shows the list of members with updated information. The Network expects to receive detailed update from the rest of the members over the next few months. The core management support to the Network in the form of administration and communications are carried out by the Host Institution (HI) – ASPEC GreenTech Sdn Bhd as agreed by the SC Members and Dr. Low Kwai Sim, one of the Directors of ASPEC GreenTech and Advisor to MyCDNet.
2.4 Website Mr John Thomas from Nivmas has set up the Network’s website, and briefed the HI on the basics of website maintenance. With constant updates, it will be an important communication and information outlet for the Network and its members. The website address is www.mycdnet.org
3. Networking and Training Activities 3.1 Workplan for 2015
The activities in the 2015 Workplan (Table 3.1) were reprioritized based on the available funds for activities. Only the most relevant activities were planned for 2015.
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Table 3.1: WORKPLAN 2015
No Activities Date Target Participants Financing
Mechanism Partnership
Secured Partnership
Sought
Estimated Project Cost
(USD)
Priority
1. ToT on Water Footprint
24-26 February
2015 (Completed)
Related Government stakeholders,
consultants, NGOs and academia
Venue and food – financing partner
Participant bear own costs to attend Resource persons – DID, GEC, ASPEC, MyCDNet, Aguajaring
DID
GEC
ASPEC
UNESCO IHP
Financing partners for cost of resource persons and food
24,000 (CapNet
funding = USD2,800)
I
2. TOT on Sustainable Sanitation and Water Quality
Q3 (12- 14 August 2015)
Related Government stakeholders,
consultants and academia
Venue and food – financing partner and DID Malaysia
Participant bear own costs to attend
Resource persons – IWK, DID Malaysia, MyCDNet
Secretariat – DID Malaysia
IWK
LUAS
SPAN
Financing partners for cost of resource persons and food
24,000 (CapNet
funding = 4,000USD)
II
3. ToT in Water Security and Safety
Q3 (22-23 September
Water Organizations/
Venue and food – financing
DID
MyWP
Financing partners for cost of resource
30,000 (CapNet
I
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No Activities Date Target Participants Financing
Mechanism Partnership
Secured Partnership
Sought
Estimated Project Cost
(USD)
Priority
2015) Agencies partner
Participant bear own costs to attend
Resource persons – DID Malaysia, MyCDNet
Secretariat - DID
MWA
ASPEC
MKN
SPAN
Forum Air
Aware
persons and food funding = 4,000USD)
4. Development of module and pilot ToT Course on Public Outreach Program on River Pollution
Q4 (December
2015)
Related Government stakeholders,
consultants, NGOs and academia
Venue and food – financing partner
Participant bear own costs to attend
Resource persons – GEC, Dr Zelina, MyCDNet, Aguajaring
GEC
Dr. Kali
IWK
ASPEC
DID
UPM
Financing partners for cost of resource persons (including development of module) and food
30,000 (CapNet
funding for ToT =
2,000USD) Private
funding for module
II
5. ToT for Effective Facilitation Skills in Sustainable Water Management & IWRM
Q4 (October 2015)
MyCDNet members Venue and food - financing partner and DID Malaysia
Cost of training - participants
Resource persons -
Aguajaring
DID
ASPEC
Financing partners for cost of resource persons
24,000 (CapNet
funding = 3,000USD)
I
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No Activities Date Target Participants Financing
Mechanism Partnership
Secured Partnership
Sought
Estimated Project Cost
(USD)
Priority
MyCDNet, Aguajaring, DID
6. MELP Workshop 2
12 August 2015
MyCDNet members Venue and food – financing partner
Resource person – Mr. Lai Chee Hui
MyCDNet
IWK
Financing partners for cost of food and materials
Self-funding
Legend: I – High Priority II – Medium Priority III – Low Priority
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3.2 Southeast Asia (SEA) Water Footprint Training Course
A Southeast Asia Water Footprint Course was recently held from 24 – 26 February 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The course was jointly organized by UNESCO Jakarta, Malaysian Water Partnership (MyWP) and Malaysian Capacity Development for Sustainable Water Management (MyCDNet). It was supported by UNESCO-IHP (International Hydrological Programme) Malaysia, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia (DID), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Malaysia, Malaysian National Commission for Unesco, Cap-Net, SIRIM, Akademi Sains Malaysia, LESTARI UKM, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Tenaga Malaysia, Malaysian Palm Oil Board and HTCKL. This is the first water footprint (WF) course in Malaysia. As part of its capacity building program and as promoted in the Malaysian National Water Resource Policy, Malaysia intended to introduce and expand the understanding of the water footprint concept to water managers and decision-makers in Malaysia through this course. By understanding the WF concept, governments, consumers, businesses and civil society communities can each play a role to better manage water resources in the country. It is hoped that the participants will return to their organizations and agencies to promote the concept of WF assessment and implement the knowledge gained. The course was officially opened by the Director General of DID, Dato’ Seri Datuk Ir Hj Ahmad bin Sulaiman. The lead trainer of the course was Dr. Ashok K. Chapagain from the Water Footprint Network (WFN) which is based in the Netherlands. He was supported by facilitators / resource persons from Malaysia who were previously trained in Singapore and South Africa:- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ir. Marlinda Abd. Malek (UNITEN), Dr. Kalithasan (GEC), Dr. Rahmah Elfitri (LESTARI, UKM) and Dr. Jamie Chong (ASPEC Sdn Bhd). DID hopes that these resource persons from Malaysia would form the nucleus to support and spearhead future capacity building programmes in water footprint in Malaysia. The organizing committee and secretariat consisted of personnel from DID Malaysia, headed by Ir Hj Juhaimi Jusoh, Deputy Director of Water Resources Division. The course was attended by 49 participants of which 8 were international participants originating from Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Sudan. 51% of the total participants were women. The Malaysian participants came from the government sector (64%), university (17%), NGO (12%) and private sector (7%), while the international participants came from the government sector (78%) and university (22%). The three day course included the training proper of the WF assessment concepts and methodologies, a welcome dinner and dance, and a site visit to the Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) Operation Centre and the Sering river in-line river water treatment facility. On the third day, a guest speaker from PE International provided a briefing on the similarities and differences between carbon footprint and water footprint. The course ended with a certificate giving ceremony to the
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participants by Datin Zaharah Hj Mahmud, Advisor to MyCDNet, and Dato’ Ir Hj Hanapi Mohd Nor, Director of River Basin Management Division of DID. Based on the training evaluation survey carried out at the end of the course among 34 participants, 59% of them agreed that the overall rating of the course was ‘very good’, 23% ‘good’ and 18% ‘excellent’. Most of the participants agreed that the course met the stated aims and objectives, and it met their expectations. They agreed that the trainer was qualified and knowledgeable on the subject and sufficient exercises were given. However, most commented that they preferred a smaller training group. A smaller sized setting may enable better understanding of this new concept of WF, improve attention and focus, and encourage better interaction.
3.3 Course on Cap-Net’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan (MELP) for MyCDNet
A training workshop for the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan (MELP) preparation was carried out to MyCDNet members on 13 February 2015. The trainer was Mr Lai Chee Hui, who had the opportunity to be a Network Attachment candidate of Cap-Net UNDP from September to November 2014. His job scope during his short- term stint at Cap-Net was to assist in documenting and assessing the network’s MELP. Therefore, he was considered the best local trainer to MyCDNet members on MELP. The half-day training course was held at Indah Water Konsortium’s Training Centre at Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The course included the following:
1. Aim of carrying out MELP 2. Introduction to monitoring and evaluation 3. Cap-Net Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan (MELP) 4. The Story of Network Attachment with Cap-Net 5. How to conduct outcome evaluation and how to prepare annual MELP report 6. Question and answer session.
The reason for carrying out the MELP training course was for MyCDNet members to familiarise themselves with preparing the MELP report in accordance to Cap-Net’s requirements, where previously, it was done incorrectly. The training provided opportunities to understand the format of reporting and the contents of the MELP. Examples shown by Mr Lai also provided an insight into the correct way of reporting for MELP. At the end of the course, the participants, consisting of 11 MyCDNet members, understood the concept of MELP and its format, and it prepared them for planning for their future training programmes under MyCDNet. The participants also agreed to customise the MELP to suit the Malaysian participants. The aim is to ensure better
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response from the training participants and also for ease of data entry and analyses by the organising committee of the training course. The course was fully funded by MyCDNet and was conducted free to MyCDNet members.
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4. Financial Report MyCDNet has received from Cap-Net USD6,000 for the first half of 2015 core support, and USD2,000 activity fund for the SEA Water Footprint support. Additionally, Malaysian Water Partnership (MyWP) had pro-rated the second half of the 2013 core support to MyCDNet for the months September to December 2013 when MyCDNet became independent of MyWP. The following is a report of all expenditure for the first half of 2015 and the outstanding payments in 2014 that are now settled with the core support funds made available to MyCDNet.
4.1 Network Management Support No. Activities/Description Unit No.
Of Units
Unit Cost
(USD)
Total Cost (USD)
Funding Source
Cap-Net/ MyCDNet Partners
1. Cost of Work Planning and Implementation
i. Network Management fee Month 6 800.00 4,800.00 Cap-Net
ii. Network Assistant fee Month 6 500.00 3,000.00 Cap-Net
iii. Documentation, reports & letters
Copy 2500 0.10 250.00 Cap-Net
iv. Meeting/Discussion room rental + refreshments
Months 6 500.00 3,000.00 Cap-Net
Sub-total 11,050.00
2. Network Communication Maintenance & Travelling
i. Travelling Costs Month 6 200.00 1,200.00 MyCDNet Partners
ii. Courier/Postage/Stationery Month 6 50.00 300.00 MyCDNet Partners
iii. Communication – internet fees and mobile fees
Month 6 100.00 600.00 MyCDNet Partners
Sub-total 2,100.00
3. Network Visibility
i. Brochures Copy 500 1.50 750.00 Cap-Net
ii. Attendance of partnership and visibility events
L/S 500.00 500.00 Cap-Net
Sub-total 1,250.00
4. Website Hosting & Management
i. Website hosting, technical support and maintenance
Year 0.5 928.00 464.00 Cap-Net
Sub-total 464.00
5. MyCDNet SC Meetings, EGM, AGM
i. Documentation cost including printing, papers, materials, photocopy, etc.
No. 5 50.00 250.00 MyCDNet Partners
ii. Communication L/S 200.00 200.00 MyCDNet Partners
iii.
Meeting costs including meeting room, refreshments, meals, audio visual aid, etc.
No. 5 300.00 1,500.00 MyCDNet Partners
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iv. Per Diem (12 pax x 5 meetings) [200DSA + 100Misc]
Pax 12 1,500.00 18,000.00 MyCDNet Partners
Sub-total 19,950.00
TOTAL 34,814.00
4.2 Expenditure
Credit Debit
No. Description Date In Out
RM RM
1 Pro rated 2nd Half Core Support for 2013 (Sep-Dec) from MyWP
19-Dec-14 26,388.00
2 1st Half Core Support 2015 (USD6,000) from Cap-Net
20-Apr-15 21,487.00
3 SEA Water Footprint Support from Cap-Net (USD2,000) (UNDP)
11-Mar-15 7,348.00
4 SEA Water Footprint Course Expenses (USD1,400)
a Water Footprint Network (WFN) Expenses (USD1,400) for part of Dr Ashok's fee
18-Jun-15 5,271.00
b MyCDNet Facilitator to SEA Water Footprint - Dr Jamie Chong
18-Jun-15
1,000
5 Alicia's expenses for AGM and EGM 2014 02-Mar-15 51.00
6 Jamie's advance payment for F&B for AGM on 20 May 2014
02-Mar-15 175.00
7 Jamie's advance payment for 28 Mar 2014 MyCDNet EGM Breakfast and Lunch
02-Mar-15 500.00
8 Jamie's advance payment for SCs’ Name cards printed by Corak Saujana Sdn Bhd
26-Mar-15 246.00
9 Jamie's advance payment for MyCDNet Website; payments advanced to Nivmas18 Aug 2014 - First payment (50%)30 Jan 2015 – Second payment (50%)
02-Mar-15 2,955.00
10 Payment to Mr. Lai Chee Hui as MELP Workshop Facilitator on 13 Feb 2015
02-Mar-15 403.30
11 Payment to Dato' Lim Chow Hock as Network Manager (Sep-Dec 2013; Jan-Apr 2015)
27-Apr-15 12,000.00
12 ASPEC's advance payment to Alicia as Network Asst. (Jan-Dec 2014; Jan-Jun 2015)
30-Jun-15 9,000.00
13 Payment to Dato' Lim Chow Hock as Network Manager (May-Jun 2015)
10-Jul-15 3,000.00
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14 1st half payment to ASPEC GreenTech as HI (5% of annual Core Support fund)
10-Jul-15 990.00
15 Payment to Nivmas for website domain name and hosting renewal.
15-Jul-15 160.00
Total 55,223.00 35,751.30
Balance 19,471.70
5. Conclusion
The focus for first half of the year 2015 was to plan and restructure the budget and workplan. The Workplan 2015 activities were reprioritized to only include the very necessary. We will strive to carry out all the ToT courses and training activities by year-end.
APPENDIX A MYCDNET MEMBERS
No Name & Title F/M Position Organization & Address Contact Num. Email Address
1. Mr Adnan Madon M IWK [email protected]
2. Mr Azman Mat Jusoh M NAHRIM 019-2242030 [email protected]
3. Dato Ir Lim Chow Hock M Senior Dir 019-2707756 [email protected]
4. Dr Kalithasan Kailasam M Individual, GEC 010-3669772 [email protected]
5. Dr Jamie Chong F Director Individual, ASPEC 016-2380962, 03-90593178
6. Ir Kamalesen Chandrasekaran
M Director SKM Perunding Mahir Bersatu Sdn Bhd
012-3050540 [email protected]
7. Mr Kang Thean Shong M Individual 017-6764338 [email protected]
8. Pn Paridah Anum bt Tahir
F DID Malaysia 019-2333710 [email protected]
9. Ms Ruhaidah Md Hassan
F IWK 019-2288734, 03-27801104
10. Tn Hj Md Khairi Selamat
M Director LUAS 019-2419924 [email protected]
11. Ir Zakariah Mohd Yassin
M Planning Manager IWK 017-2725025 [email protected]
12. Dr Zelina Zaiton Ibrahim
F International Director
Individual, UPM 03-89466752 [email protected]
13. Dr Low Kwai Sim F Director ASPEC 012-2186608 [email protected]
14. Ir Marini Mohamad Ideris
F Associate Engineer G & P Water Sdn Bhd [email protected]
15. Mr Tiew Kian Ghee M PhD Candidate Dept of Civil & Structural Engineering, UKM
16. Dr Rahmah Elfithri F Senior Lecturer LESTARI, UKM 010-2259478 [email protected]
17. Dr Chan Ngai Weng M Professor Geography Section, USM 04-6535221, 04-6533829
18. Prof Dato Dr Azizan Abu Samah
M Researcher UM [email protected]
19. Ms Tong Poh Ying F Asst Env Exec Individual, ASPEC 012-9903861 [email protected]
20. Ms Goh Sem Yen F Asst Env Exec Individual, ASPEC 017-6428886 [email protected]
21. Mr Steven Wong Siew Por
M Research Officer Individual, ASPEC 016-3276072 [email protected]
22. Dr Sia Sheau Yunn F Individual 012-3716798 [email protected]
23. Dr Hong Chern Wern M Comm Member, Water Watch Penang 016-4830175, [email protected]
Volunteer 04-8264560
24. Mr Ramadas Karuppiah M Consultant K.Ramadas & Associates 03-22738746 [email protected]
25. Ir Md Adnan Md Nor M Managing Dir RPM Engineers Sdn Bhd 03-61481120 [email protected]
26. Ir Dr Hj Azuhan bin Mohamed
M Deputy Director DID Coastal Zone 019-3550741 [email protected]
27. Prof Datin Zaharah bt Hj Mahmud
F Env Consultant ASPEC 012-2061931, 03-61888020
28. Mr Jayden Lui Wen Leong
M Asst Env Exec Individual 017-7760414 jaydenluiwenleong @hotmail.com
29. Ms Low Hui Woon F Env Exec Individual, ASPEC 03-90574392, 03-90593178
30. Ms Nureni bt Kase F Env Exec Individual, ASPEC 017-7855671 [email protected]
31. Ms Azi Elliana bt Md Zainudin
F Env Exec (GIS) ASPEC 03-90574392, 03-90593178
32. Mr Johan Ngeow Kin Voon
M Senior Env Exec ASPEC 03-90574392, 03-90593178
33. Mr Mohd Fazlin bin Nazli
M Env Exec ASPEC 03-90574392, 03-90593178
34. Ms Pang See Min F Env Exec Individual, ASPEC 017-9678225, 03-90593178
35. Mr Kervin Chong Sim Chung
M Env Consultant ASPEC 03-90574392, 016-9501210
36. Dr Chong Chok Ngee M Director ASPEC 03-90574392, 03-90593178
37. Ms Elayzatul Akma bt Othman
F Env Exec (GIS) Individual, ASPEC 012-9239844, 03-90593178
38. Mr Lee Boon Hee M Env Exec Individual, ASPEC 03-90574392, 03-90593178
39. Ms Norlaila bt Kamarudin
F Env Exec (GIS) Individual, ASPEC 012-3250721 [email protected]
40. Ms Lye Pooi San F Env Exec Individual, ASPEC 017-3378125, 03-90593178
41. Mdm Phinie Heng Lee Lee
F Env Consultant Individual, ASPEC 03-90574392, 03-90593178
42. Ir Lee Chan Moi M Div Director Ranhill Bersekutu Sdn Bhd 012-3201582 [email protected]
43. Dr Khor Cheng Seong M Senior Lecturer Uni. Teknologi PETRONAS 013-3747080 [email protected]
44. Daria Mathew F WWF Malaysia [email protected]
45. Ir Vasan Mariappan M Senior Engineer Individual, Erinco Sdn Bhd 012-2117964 [email protected]
46. Ms Vanitha Silvarajhu F Process Engr Individual, Erinco Sdn Bhd 012-3679175 [email protected]
47. Ms Norizan Abdullah F Env Engineer Individual, Erinco Sdn Bhd 017-6861615 [email protected]
48. Mr Aravinthan Rajaandra
M Mechanical Engr Individual, Erinco Sdn Bhd 013-2002038 [email protected]
49. Ms Azira binti Aziz F Civil Engineer Individual, Erinco Sdn Bhd 013-3196831 [email protected]
50. Mrs Tiffany Chew F Head of Comm & Corp Responsiblity
GAB Foundation 03-78614547 [email protected]
51. Ms Khairun Darwina Khairuddin
F Project Manager RPM Engineers Sdn Bhd 03-61481120 [email protected], [email protected]
52. Mr Lai Chee Hui M Researcher Individual, USM & Water Watch Penang
012-7259291 [email protected]
53. Ir Mohmad Asari bin Daud
M Managing Director Individual, Waterbez Sdn Bhd 012-3733886, 017-3733886
